Oia:ner

Oia:ner was the clan mother of the Mohawk village of Kanatahseton in what is now upstate New York. She led the village during both the French and Indian War and the American Revolutionary War, and it was destroyed by the British Army in 1760. During the Revolutionary War, Oia:ner was determined to remain neutral, hoping to shield the village from the rest of the world. In 1783, in order to avoid war with the colonists, Oia:ner decided to move the villagers west, like many of the other nations had been doing.